FNUS75 KBOU 041838 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR CRYSTAL...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1230 PM MDT MON APR 4 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...GENERALLY IN THE 20-40 MPH RANGE. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS IN THE 50-60 MPH RANGE. THESE STRONGER WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH. IT WILL ALSO BE WARMER AND DRIER ON TUESDAY. FROM WEDNESDAY ON...IT WILL BE COOLER WITH SEVERAL CHANCES OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME WIND...BUT LIGHTER THAN TODAY AND TOMORROW. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%) UNTIL 1500...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-41. MIN HUMIDITY........23-27%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 17-27 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 29-40 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4800-5800 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 1700...THEN VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(40-50%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-31. MAX HUMIDITY........40-47%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDY. WEST WINDS 20-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 36-44 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 0200...THEN 1000 FT AGL AFTER 0300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 2000...THEN FAIR. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(30-40%). MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-58. MIN HUMIDITY........15-20%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......VERY WINDY. WEST WINDS 25-40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 48-68 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 4000-5000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1000. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 1200...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 30. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS UNTIL 0600...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 0600 UNTIL 1800. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR CRYSTAL. +++ DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE HAS BEEN SAMPLED DIRECTLY FROM THE FORECAST DATABASE. VALUES IN THE TABLE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY FROM INFORMATION IN THE NARRATIVE FORECAST. PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK IF THE INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE HAS BEEN REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR USEFUL. +++ FORECAST SC PP TF RH 20FT G H L 10K MIXG TRAN VENTL AJTV VALID AT % % F % WIND S I A WIND HGT WIND RATE RATNG MPH T L MPH AGL MPH KT-FT 04/04-12 44 0 32 35 W 20 30 3 1 NW69 6256 NW 30 162441 E 04/04-13 44 0 34 32 W 22 31 1 6168 NW 33 176672 E 04/04-14 44 0 37 28 W 25 1 6080 NW 36 190902 E 04/04-15 68 0 38 26 W 28 44 2 1 NW70 5991 NW 39 205132 E 04/04-16 68 0 39 25 W 28 1 5130 NW 39 175665 E 04/04-17 68 0 38 26 W 25 1 4268 W 39 146198 V 04/04-18 49 0 36 28 W 24 39 2 1 NW64 3406 W 39 116731 V 04/04-19 49 0 34 31 W 23 1 2914 W 38 97414 G 04/04-20 49 0 33 33 W 23 1 2422 W 37 78098 G 04/04-21 49 0 32 34 W 23 37 2 1 NW60 1930 W 35 58782 F 04/04-22 49 0 31 36 W 23 1 1804 W 36 55664 F 04/04-23 49 0 31 37 W 24 1 1677 W 36 52546 F 04/05-00 38 0 31 39 W 25 40 2 1 NW58 1551 W 37 49428 F 04/05-01 38 0 31 40 W 25 1 1302 W 38 42113 F 04/05-02 38 0 30 42 W 25 1 1053 W 38 34798 P 04/05-03 38 0 30 42 W 26 43 3 1 NW63 804 W 39 27483 P 04/05-04 38 0 30 44 W 30 1 658 W 41 23315 P 04/05-05 38 0 30 46 W 33 1 511 W 45 19147 P 04/05-06 31 0 29 48 W 36 58 2 1 NW71 364 W 47 14980 P 04/05-07 31 0 30 50 W 36 1 371 W 47 15392 P 04/05-08 31 0 31 49 W 35 1 378 W 48 15804 P 04/05-09 31 0 34 46 W 33 53 2 1 NW71 384 W 48 16215 P 04/05-10 31 0 39 38 W 33 53 1 1440 W 54 77219 G 04/05-11 31 0 44 32 W 35 1 2496 W 59 138222 V 04/05-12 40 0 48 28 W 35 55 2 1 W71 3551 W 64 199225 E 04/05-13 40 0 51 25 W 32 1 4151 W 63 229155 E 04/05-14 40 0 53 23 W 30 1 4752 W 63 259086 E 04/05-15 40 0 54 22 W 28 44 2 1 W76 5352 W 62 289017 E 04/05-16 40 0 54 22 W 28 1 5152 W 61 273251 E 04/05-17 40 0 53 23 W 28 1 4953 W 60 257485 E 04/05-18 45 0 50 25 W 29 46 2 1 W75 4787 W 60 247797 E 04/05-19 45 0 48 28 W 31 1 3361 W 58 172896 E 04/05-20 45 0 45 34 W 32 1 1934 W 55 97995 G 04/05-21 45 0 41 41 W 33 53 3 1 W60 508 W 52 23093 P 04/05-22 45 0 38 48 W 31 1 416 W 45 17503 P 04/05-23 45 0 36 53 W 29 1 323 W 38 11913 P 04/06-00 45 0 35 57 W 24 39 3 1 SW25 231 W 31 6323 P 04/06-01 45 0 33 61 W 20 1 226 W 26 5153 P 04/06-02 45 0 32 62 W 15 1 220 W 21 3983 P 04/06-03 45 0 32 63 W 12 18 2 1 W41 214 W 15 2813 P 04/06-04 45 0 31 63 W 9 1 229 W 14 2738 P 04/06-05 45 0 32 61 W 8 1 244 W 13 2662 P 04/06-06 76 10 32 60 W 8 13 2 1 W48 258 W 12 2587 P 04/06-07 76 10 33 58 SW 8 1 537 W 13 6967 P 04/06-08 76 10 34 57 SW 8 1 816 W 15 11347 P 04/06-09 76 10 36 52 S 8 13 2 1 W43 1094 SW 16 15726 P 04/06-10 76 10 39 47 S 8 1 2118 SW 20 42297 F 04/06-11 76 10 42 43 S 9 1 3141 SW 23 68869 G 04/06-12 76 27 44 41 S 9 15 2 1 W48 4164 W 26 95440 G 04/06-13 76 27 46 39 S 9 1 4634 SW 26 103901 V 04/06-14 76 27 47 38 SW 9 1 5104 SW 25 112362 V 04/06-15 76 27 48 38 SW 9 15 2 1 W56 5573 SW 25 120823 V 04/06-16 76 27 48 38 SW 8 1 5057 SW 23 103890 V 04/06-17 76 27 46 41 SW 8 1 4541 SW 22 86956 G 04/06-18 76 27 44 46 SW 7 7 2 1 W53 4025 SW 20 70022 G 04/06-19 76 27 42 50 SW 7 1 2795 SW 17 47668 F 04/06-20 76 27 39 58 SW 6 1 1564 SW 14 25314 P 04/06-21 76 27 35 69 SW 6 6 2 1 SW36 334 SW 10 2959 P 04/06-22 76 27 33 78 SW 6 1 309 SW 9 2560 P 04/06-23 76 27 31 84 W 6 1 285 W 8 2162 P 04/07-00 76 27 30 88 W 6 6 2 1 SW32 261 W 8 1763 P 04/07-01 76 27 29 91 W 7 1 259 W 8 1883 P 04/07-02 76 27 28 92 W 8 1 257 W 9 2003 P 04/07-03 76 27 27 91 W 9 15 2 1 SW26 255 W 9 2123 P 04/07-04 76 27 27 89 W 10 1 287 W 13 3422 P 04/07-05 76 27 27 85 W 12 1 318 W 16 4721 P 04/07-06 60 25 28 81 W 13 21 2 1 SW30 349 W 20 6021 P 04/07-07 60 25 28 78 W 14 1 04/07-08 60 25 30 72 W 15 1 04/07-09 60 25 33 64 W 15 24 1 04/07-10 60 25 36 55 W 15 1 04/07-11 60 25 39 49 W 15 1 04/07-12 64 25 41 45 SW 15 24 1 04/07-13 64 25 43 41 SW 15 1 04/07-14 64 25 45 39 W 14 1 04/07-15 64 25 45 37 W 14 22 1 04/07-16 64 25 45 37 W 13 1 04/07-17 64 25 44 38 W 13 1 04/07-18 53 25 43 40 W 12 18 1 KEY: FORECAST - MONTH/DAY-HOUR OF FORECAST /24-HOUR CLOCK LOCAL TIME/ VALID AT SC - SKY COVER /PERCENT/ PP - PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /PERCENT/ TF - TEMPERATURE /DEGREES F/ RH - RELATIVE HUMIDITY /PERCENT/ 20FT WIND - 20-FOOT WIND /MPH/ GST - 20-FOOT WIND GUST /MPH/ HI - HAINES INDEX LAL - LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL 10K WIND - 10000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FREE-AIR WINDS /MPH/ MIXG HGT - MIXING HEIGHT /FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL/ TRAN WIND - TRANSPORT WINDS /MPH/ VENTL RATE - VENTILATION RATE /KNOT-FEET/ AJTV RATNG - SMOKE DISPERSION ADJECTIVE RATING P - POOR F - FAIR G - GOOD V - VERY GOOD E - EXCELLENT $$ FORECASTER...GIMMESTAD REQUESTED BY...FORT COLLINS DISPATCH REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110404.CRYST.01/BOU